回归现实主义——《洛丽塔》的一种解读

Returning to Realism: A Type of Decoding Lolita

对纳博科夫代表作《洛丽塔》的阐释向来集中于其后现代性的一面。其实,很早就有批评家指出其中有对美国现代社会的嘲笑和讽刺的内涵,但这很少引起众人的关注和兴趣。本文从文本自身和作家本人的生活经历两方面着手,对小说进行细致剖析认为,小说从汽车旅馆、学校与家庭教育、现代社会中以消费为目的的大众文化等三个方面展开其尖锐、深刻的揭露与嘲弄,具有重要的价值与意义。

For several decades, the interpretations of Vladimir Nabokov' s masterpiece Lolita have been concentrated on its post - modernity. Meanwhile, some critics have pointed out its allusion to and its satire on the modern American society, but this has seldom aroused public concern and interest. Starting with an exploration of the text itself and the writer' s experience, this essay argues that the novel satirizes and exposes sharply and extensively the vulgarities of the contemporary American scene, esp. those of the following: the motel, the school and family education, and mass consumer culture in modern society. And in these caricatures lie its important value and meaning.